Helen Fields


Helen Sarah Fields is an English novelist and short story writer, who writes primarily in the crime fiction and thriller genres.

Personal life

Fields is originally from Romsey, but moved to North Waltham in the early 2000s.
She is a former criminal and family law barrister who practiced criminal and family law cases for 13 years. She has three children. In 2017, she and her family moved to Southern California in the United States.

Writing career

Fields is a million-copy best-selling crime writer who has also written under the pen name HS Chandler. She is a member of the Society of Authors' board of directors. Her books have been translated into Belgian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish, Lithuanian and Taiwanese.
Fields began writing and self-publishing in the early 2000s, but considered it largely a hobby. She later found an agent and released her debut novel, Perfect Remains, in 2017 through HarperCollins.
She has had articles published in magazines such as The Express Newspaper, The Telegraph, Country Life, Harper's Bazaar, and My Weekly.

Books

One for Sorrow The Last Girl to Die These Lost & Broken ThingsPerfect Kill Degrees of Guilt Perfect Remains Perfect Prey Perfect Death Perfect Silence Perfect Crime The Shadow Man The Institution Profile K The Profiler
  • ''These Lost & Broken Things''

Short stories

  • "Let the Shadows Fall"
  • "Midsummer Mysteries"
  • "Death Comes at Christmas"